Is there an environment variable to directly access System32
or SysWOW64
folder, respectively, in Windows 7 32bit or 64bit?
I know of a workaround by using %WINDIR%\System32
which is not working for me.
I have to re-compile an EXE that refers to some OCX that should be registered in System32
folder. The problem I am facing is that I have to install it in a 64bit system where the OCX got registered in SysWOW64
folder and not getting registered in System32
folder.
What should I try? Thanks for your help!
I figured out that the solution has a reference to a dll which refers to flash10h.ocx
. For this flash10h.ocx
has to be registered. I could get it registered in SysWOW64
folder but not in System32
. My system already has a flash player v11.xx. Will this not work?
Please help!
The following method will retrieve the path to the 32-bit system directory and, optionally, place it in the environment variable SYSDIR32.
public static String Get32BitSystemDirectory (Boolean placeInEnvironmentVariable = true)
{
String sysDir = "";
if (Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem) sysDir = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%windir%\\SysWOW64");
else sysDir = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%windir%\\System32");
if (placeInEnvironmentVariable) Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("SYSDIR32", sysDir, EnvironmentVariableTarget.User);
return sysDir;
}